St. Paul daily globe., 1887-06-24
THE MAYFLOWER.
She Defeats the Galatea Once
More With Ease.

She Defeats the Galatea Once
More With Ease.
Special to the Globe.
New YORK, June 23.-The chief in
terest to yachtsmen in the Eastern
Yacht club regatta off Marblehead to-
day was that the English cutter Galatea
had chance to try conclusions with her
rival, the MayflOwer, under the condi-
tiOnS that Lieut.. Hem has been clamOr-
ing for. He was always anxious to race
in heavy sea off the Massachusetts
coast, and to-day he had chance, but
he was beaten clear out of sight. When
the starting gun sounded the wind was
blowing forty miles an hour and the sea
rolling in pillows. The MaytiOwer was
beautifully handled and crossed the line
quarter of mile ahead. She finished
nearly three miles ahead. This bit of
work makes yachtsmen hereabouts
more anxious than ever that the May
flower shall be selected to meet the
Thistle in defending the American cup.
She has proved what she can do in all
kinds of weather, while Paine's new
steel yacht is at best an experiment.
DETAILS OF THE CONTEST.
MARBLEHEAD, Mass, June 23.-
After having been postponed for two
days on account OF bad weather, the
regatta of the Eastern Yacht club was
sailed to-day with as much wind
throughout the contest as any OF the
sailors wanted. The chief interest was
felt in the contest between the May
flower and Galatea, the first class
slOops, between the Sachem and IrO-
qu0is, of the firSt-claSS SchOOnerS, and
between the cutters Huron and
Stranger, the former being of American
and the latter of English bald
The Mayfiower and Sachem won easily
in their classes. Shortly after turning
the first stake boat the IroquOis' main
top mast was carried away, which ended
her chances. General regret was eX-
pressed that the Puritan had With
drawn, for, as they were promised a
heavy blow, many desired to see how
she would fare in contest with the May
flower and Galatea. The sea was very
rough, and after 10 O'Clock, or from the
beginning of the race to the finish,
there were no less than dozen more or
less vio!vnt storms of wind and rain,
making it one of the ''naStieSt" yacht
ing days possible.
TIE COURSE
for the SchoOners of the first and second
class was over thirty-SiX miles tri-
angle, while that for the smaller craft
was twenty-fOur miles long. The May
flower was first over the line at II 81 80,
followed by the lroquois, Galetea,
Sachem, America, Stranger and Huron,
in the order named. The Mayfi0wer
led throughout the entire race, and on
the last leg not only ran away from the
Galetea and the rest of the yachts, but
also from the accompanying steamers.
Her victory is the more creditable from
the fact that the weather was just of the
kind which Lieut.. HEM, the owner
of the Galatia, has always claimed to be
the bestfor showing the qualities ofthe
vessel. The race between the Sachem
and Iroquois for the first fifteen miles
was very pretty one, but the Sachem
outfooted the Englishman, and was
leading with every evidence of her
ability to win, even had the IroquoiS not
met with an accident. 1t is notable
fact that in three of the classes We're
crack English boats, all cutters, and all
were defeated by American center
boards and slCopS.
The Maytiower beat the Galatea 13
minutes and % seconds, the Sachem
beat the Iroquois Ii minutes and 10
seconds, the Huron the Stranger Al
seconds, and the Shadow beat the Shona
13 minutes and 81 seconds, according to
corrected time.